The Georgetown, SC marine forecast covers live wind speed and gusts, tide predictions, wave conditions, and major and minor solunar feeding times, updated continuously from NOAA and Open-Meteo. The strongest fishing windows usually line up with the moving tide and the solunar periods shown below — check current conditions before you head out.
By Steve Wilson, lifelong angler & founder of My Marine Forecast
Last updated: Sep 15, 2026, 8:00 AM
On Tuesday, September 15, Georgetown, SC sees high tide at 12:20 AM (4.0 ft) and 12:51 PM (4.5 ft), low tide at 7:00 AM (0.6 ft) and 7:39 PM (0.8 ft). Winds 3–13 mph from the E gusting to 23 mph. Air temperatures 73–84°F. The strongest fishing windows line up with the moving water around each tide change, roughly an hour on either side.
Today's Tides · Georgetown, Sampit River Ent. (Station 8662926)
| High tide | 12:20 AM | 4.0 ft |
| Low tide | 7:00 AM | 0.6 ft |
| High tide | 12:51 PM | 4.5 ft |
| Low tide | 7:39 PM | 0.8 ft |
Wind
3–13 mph E
Gusts
23 mph
Air Temp
73–84°F
Tides from NOAA Station 8662926 · wind & temperature from Open-Meteo. Open the live forecast for hourly charts and the 7-day outlook.
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Georgetown sits where the Pee Dee, Black, and Waccamaw Rivers converge into Winyah Bay — a massive estuary that holds some of South Carolina's best redfish and flounder water. It's south of Myrtle Beach and north of Charleston, overlooked by most anglers staying at either end of the coast. The Winyah Bay system is productive and lightly pressured.
Redfish are in the bay and the surrounding creek systems year-round. The marsh edges along the North Inlet and South Inlet hold fish on every falling tide. Fall brings large schools into the open bay where they can be targeted with topwaters and swimbaits. Flounder concentrate near the river mouths in October and November.
Georgetown's proximity to the North Inlet — a National Estuarine Research Reserve — means fishing pressure is controlled and the habitat is excellent. The Reserve flats hold spotted seatrout and redfish in an undisturbed setting. Sheepshead are year-round residents around the Georgetown waterfront dock pilings.
Winyah Bay's tidal range approaches four to five feet, and the current in the main channel runs hard. The outgoing tide through the inlet produces the best redfish activity. Plan to be positioned on the marsh edges water starts to fall, and use the tide chart above to time your approach.
Spring: Redfish schools that wintered in clear shallow water break apart as Winyah Bay warms through the 60s, and fish spread onto oyster points and creek mouths. Speckled trout wake up in April, and flounder filter back into North Inlet and the bay's sandy edges. American shad run the Waccamaw and Pee Dee in March, a short but reliable freshwater detour.
Summer: Summer is a tide game. Fish redfish early on flooding grass flats, then move to deeper creek bends when the sun gets high. Flounder stack on hard bottom near the jetties, and tarpon show along the front beaches and lower bay by July, following menhaden. Sharks and big black drum keep bait rods bent through the heat.
Fall: The fall shrimp run pulls everything into the creeks. Trout fishing peaks from October into December on live shrimp under corks, and bull redfish gather at the Winyah Bay jetties to spawn in September and October. Slot reds school up again as water cools, and flounder make a late push toward the inlet before heading offshore.
Winter: Water clears in winter and redfish bunch into large schools on shallow mud flats in North Inlet and the backs of creeks, wary but sight fishable on sunny afternoons. Trout bite slows below 55 degrees but low light and slow plastics still produce. Black drum hold around deeper structure. It is the quietest season, and the most visual.
The Winyah Bay jetties are the anchor for boat anglers, holding bull reds, flounder and sheepshead along miles of rock. North Inlet, reachable by boat from the bay, is a pristine estuary loaded with redfish and trout creeks. The Santee Delta south of the bay offers marsh fishing with almost no pressure. Pawleys Island to the north has a fishable creek and surf access, and the Harborwalk along the Sampit River in downtown Georgetown gives shore anglers a shot at drum and croaker.